The Princess Party

okay...here you have it! the royal family at the royal princess ball of the year for princess Addie at her 4th birthday party!.......and yes....that is my son, Pete, in royal costume...tights and all! i am so proud to have a son who is confident enough to wear tights! oh yea!.....really......:)
The four year old princess is on the staircase...she was beautiful, of course....she even had makeup on!



look at these two dollies! are they not just TOO MUCH?????...and oh yes...the princess skirt I made for Ava, as mentioned in my last blog.......

I am going to a birthday party!

oh my word....i am so excited.....i am sure pictures will be following this blog tomorrow....Addie is having her 4th birthday party tonite!!! it is a princess party...and all attending are to wear their princess/princely attire....of course i am in my sweatsuit...but hey, who cares what the grandmother wears, right? i do have my little cheap, juicy couture princess crown, knock-off around my neck, that should count for something right? i will be doing the little "craft" time with the kidlets...the boys are making key chains and the girls are making little princess bracelets! fun, huh?
i made a princess skirt for Ava at the request of her mother....i don't have a sewing machine so i did it all by hand, and i must say it turned out "royally, princessly" wonderful! even if i do say so myself!
i do have one problem....i look like i have been run over by a truck! i don't know what has happened, but yesterday i woke up with my eyes looking like red bubbles and they still look horrible...after doing detective work in my brain, trying to remember anything i have done different...i realized it is probably an allergic reaction to some eye cream i applied the last 2 days(excluding yesterday)........man, i look bad! i will have to keep my sunglasses on til this goes away!.......that will be a kick!
well...i am off to the party....more to follow...oh yes...i forgot to mention that Addie fell in love with buffets...yes, i said BUFFETS.......while in Costa Ricxa they had a child's buffet and she seemed to think she was the manager of it...and did a splendid job at that....she gave tours and everything! so her parents decided she needed a buffet for her birthday party!....i really am not sure how that ties in with the princes and princesses....but i am sure it will be darling! so pictures to follow on that too!...........lata gata

Here They Are!

okay...here they are...the cutest, most adorable children in the universe!!!!....REALLY!!!
this picture was taken this past summer...they haven't changed too much...except for those tans! they are so delightful and so full of joy and energy!....just look at those smiles!!!! i can't take it! my arms LONG for them when i go too long without seeing them!.....this kind of love is something i could never have imagined!!!...oh don't get me wrong....i really love that i can play with them, be silly with them, ....and after a wonderful, fun visit with them...send them home! that is the best part...and i have figured out why they are so enchanting....because we do not have to deal with the ultimate responsibility....just the fun side! i absolutely LOVE being a grandmother!....i actually have two grandmotherly names....i started out as NANA.....until Carter decided a new name for me....slightly veering from Nana to Nee Nee....but I LOVE it because he invented it....so I am Nee Nee to Carter and Ava and Nana to Hopie and to Addie...well....she gets rather confused over the whole issue and has named me several titles, all of course involving n's and a's and e's....such as Nee Na...and other similarities! but i answer to all of them as long as SHE is calling!.........i must admit, when we are all together...i get a little confused and we just end up saying...nana, nee nee, nu nu....ok, whatever!

okay, this is my little drawing of myself (at a young age, mind you).............I needed to do some caricatures of myself and fellow employees for a project at work....I may share more in the future....I find this picture a little more pleasing than the actual photo of myself!

I will warn you this little blog will highly feature the absolute loves of my life....my grandchildren...so beware!

Help! Now what have I done?

Oh my goodness....I am attempting to BLOG! I don't want to be "left out"....every one else is doing it, right? I don't know at all what I am doing.....